When running make with parallel jobs option (make -jN) <defunct> make process can occur. Result can be non-optimal/slow compile run. references: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1100504 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1556839 https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/58320 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-make/2018-07/msg00004.html possible fix by https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/make.git/commit/?id=b552b05251980f693c729e251f93f5225b400714 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. cd /usr/src/linux 2. make clean && make -jN 3. watch out for make <defunct>
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=b44bbe136afc2747df3f213467dd930c44454408 commit b44bbe136afc2747df3f213467dd930c44454408 Author: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-08-27 19:48:25 +0000 Commit: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-08-27 19:48:25 +0000 sys-devel/make: Use a non-blocking read with pselect to avoid hangs Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/664632 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.48, Repoman-2.3.10 .../files/make-4.2.1-pselect-non-blocking.patch | 172 +++++++++++++++++++++ sys-devel/make/make-4.2.1-r4.ebuild | 59 +++++++ 2 files changed, 231 insertions(+)
Thanks for the report!
